Reacting flows is a research area focused on fluid flows in which chemical reactions significantly modify the composition, thermodynamic state, and transport properties of the medium. It integrates fluid mechanics, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and heat and mass transfer to model and analyze phenomena such as combustion, heterogeneous catalysis, and chemically reacting boundary layers. Research emphasizes coupling between flow fields and reaction rates, turbulence–chemistry interaction, multiscale transport, and the formation of intermediate and product species. Methods include detailed and reduced kinetic modeling, direct numerical simulation, large-eddy simulation, and experimental diagnostics to understand stability, ignition, extinction, and emissions in reactive systems.
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